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GreenMatter NEWS
April, 2015
BENEFIT OF THE MONTH
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2015 - 2016 MEMBERSHIP YEAR AT CGSA

A key initiative for 2015 is "Redesigning the CGSA". For this process to succeed, the Board of Directors needs your input and ideas.  Please respond when asked to complete a survey or participate in a discussion or please contact a board member to tell them what you would like to see the association look like in the future.   For a contact list of our Board of Directors, please click here: http://golfsupers.com/en/about-cgsa/board-directors.

This year is shaping up to be an exciting one! CGSA will continue to deliver high quality recognition programs, to advocate for, communicate with, and represent the profession and have a national, regional and international presence and voice on key matters affecting the profession and the industry.  To be able to do this we need and appreciate your membership support. Your 2015-2016 membership renewal invoices were mailed out to you recently and you will see that your fees have not increased this year.  Your fees are due by July 1st. Pay your membership fees by May 31st, 2015 and you have a chance to win a conference registration package to the 2016 Canadian International Turfgrass Conference and Trade Show (CITCTS) in Toronto, Ontario to celebrate CGSA's 50th Anniversary!   This package is worth over $2,000.00.

 

You have the option of paying on-line at www.golfsupers.com or sending your payment by fax to: 416-626-1958, by email to [email protected] or by mail to the CGSA office at 5399 Eglinton Ave. W., Suite 201, Etobicoke, ON  M9C 5K6. 

 

Thank you for your support and participation!



NEWS AND VIEWS
REGISTRATIONS ARE COMING IN - CGSA FALL FIELD DAY SEPT. 21 - 22, 2015
The 2015 CGSA Fall Field Day is taking place at JASPER PARK LODGE this year. Why not register now?...
WHISTLER GOLF CLUB RECOGNIZED FOR ENVIRONMENTAL EXCELLENCE
Whistler Golf Club has achieved designation as a "Certified Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary"... Read More...
CGSA's LATEST ACCREDITED MEMBERS

Please join the CGSA in congratulating the following members for renewing their:

Master Superintendent� (MS™) Recertification

Dean Morrison, MS, AGS, Master Superintendent at the Calgary Golf and Country Club for receiving his MS recertification.

 

Accredited Golf Superintendent™ (AGS�) Recertification

 

Robert Onyschuk, AGS, Superintendent at the Broadmoor Public Golf Course for receiving his AGS recertification.


CGSA AWARDS NOMINATION DEADLINES LOOMING
This is members' annual opportunity to recognize the best... Read More...
RECENT DONATIONS TO THE CGSA SCHOLAR'S FUND

The Scholars Fund provides support to CGSA members pursuing their educational endeavours.

 

 

Thank you to the following members who made a recent donation to the CGSA Scholars Fund:

 

  • Mark Begin, Superintendent, Medicine Hat Golf And Country Club
  • James Flett, AGS, Superintendent, Muskoka Lakes Golf & C.C.

 

 

Donations to the CGSA Scholars Fund in Memory of:

 

  • Jack Fairhurst who was a Past President and Life Member of the CGSA


IN TOUCH WITH THE REGIONS
QUEBEC REPORT 
JOHN SCOTT, AGS
As February leaves as one of the coldest months on record...Read More

MANITOBA REPORT
DARREN KALYNIUK
Most superintendents and golfers in Manitoba got excited in early March when temperatures started to warm up...... Read More...

ONTARIO REPORT
JIM FLETT, AGS
The majority of the courses, especially in the southern part of the province, are now snow free....  Read More...

ATLANTIC REPORT
Kendall Costain
I would love to report that things are going great... Read More...

ALBERTA REPORT
Kerry Watkins, AGS
Well it's Masters Week, the final week of the NHL season and for the first time in a long time, the game of golf is being played in Calgary and southern Alberta... Read More...

INDUSTRY NEWS
WOODBAY TURF TECHNOLOGIES
appoints PAUL GILLEN Ontario Sales Manager
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500,000th MACHINE: MILESTONE REACHED AT N.C. FACILITY
John Deere recently marked a manufacturing milestone with the completion of the 500,000th unit built at the Turf Care factory in Fuquay-Varina, N.C.... Read More...

ENGAGE AGRO BRINGS NEW INNOVATION TO TURF INDUSTRY
Engage Agro Corporation is pleased to announce that Phostrol turf fungicide is now registered for Anthracose on golf courses... Read More...
JOHN WIBLISHAUSER JOINS GRIGG BROTHERS TEAM
Grigg Brothers, a leading specialty fertilizer development and research company that serves the golf and sports turf industries... Read More...